Chapter 515: The Killing Machine Using Books
Kikuyo put the receipt into her left pocket and said, "I was going to take it over, but the coffee in the kitchen disappeared."
"Huh? Missing?" Inspector Megure was a little confused.
Takagi pointed at the table and asked, "Is it the one on the table?"
Inspector Megure turned his head and saw a coffee pot on the table.
Kikuyo took a look and nodded affirmatively: "It is indeed that one."
Takagi Wataru suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of coffee, the forensic officer just reported that coffee was also found in the stomach of the deceased, and sleeping pills were detected in it."
"Sleeping pills?" Inspector Megure was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened, "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier?"
Takagi Wataru touched his head fearfully: "Isn't it because Yuya-kun has been talking about his reasoning, so I didn't have a chance to speak." He couldn't say that he was so engrossed in listening that he forgot.
Inspector Megure subconsciously glanced at Yuya.
Youya pointed at himself and was a little confused. No, this can't be blamed on me, right?
Inspector Megure certainly didn't mean to blame him, and he pondered, "The coffee that was supposed to be in the kitchen ended up in the study... Then who brought it over?"
Mrs. Okudaira and Kikuyo subconsciously looked at the housekeeper.
There are only three people in this house who can do this. Since it’s not Mrs. Okudaira and Kikuyo, then the only one left is the housekeeper, right?
The butler was a little nervous when being looked at. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face and said in defense, "It wasn't me. I was maintaining Master Duanwu's car at the time. When I came back from outside and passed the living room, I heard the sound of a vase breaking in the study."
Maori Kogoro said with certainty: "Indeed, everyone was in the living room when the sound was heard."
"I see." Inspector Megure had a headache, "That vase..."
He looked at the large vase that was broken into two pieces and the pile of debris on the ground and asked, "Is this it?"
Mrs. Oping nodded. "Yes, that is the master's favorite vase, worth 50 million. He often shows it off to others. However, 50 million was the value a long time ago. It must be several times more now, right?"
"Fifty million?" Inspector Megure's eyes widened. A vase is so expensive? And it has to be multiplied several times?
But... he looked at the fragments on the ground with some regret. They were already broken into this state, so they were probably worthless, right?
Kogoro Mori looked at the vase fragments with lingering fear. Fortunately, he did not break them, otherwise he would not be able to afford the compensation even if he sold them.
You was also looking at the broken pieces of the vase, but what he was concerned about was not the destruction of the fifty million worth of items, but some water stains on the mouth of the vase.
He had just confirmed that there were several fingerprints on the inside of the vase mouth, and those water stains should be the sweat left on human hands.
Inspector Megure raised a new question: "Who is Mr. Kaguya? Where is he now?"
Kogoro Mori quickly recounted the story of Okudaira Tengo.
"I see," Inspector Megure nodded.
He glanced around the room and said with some emotion: "But this room is really messy. Why are the books thrown everywhere?"
Mrs. Aoping quickly explained, "It wasn't originally like this. The master bought a few large-format books. If he wanted to put them on the bookshelf, he had to take down the other books and then fix the grids again. He didn't have time to tidy up, so it's a bit messy."
"A large-format book?"
Mrs. Auping looked around and pointed to a large book by the door. "That's it."
Inspector Megure took a look and nodded in sudden realization.
Conan looked at the scattered books on the ground and noticed that the books were denser in one place than in other places. At the same time, there was a small cart leaning against the bookshelf on that side, with a pile of books on the cart.
This is... Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through Conan's mind, and he seemed to understand something.
Conan subconsciously looked at Yuya and found that he was also looking at him with a smile as if he saw through the truth.
The two looked at each other, saw the answers they wanted in each other's eyes, and nodded with a smile.
Yuya coughed lightly and took a step forward, saying, "Inspector Megure, I think I know how the murderer killed Mr. Okudaira."
"So sudden?" Inspector Megure was stunned. No, he was still inquiring about the situation at the scene, but Brother Kamiya already had results?
Youye smiled and said, "It's not that sudden. Thanks to you, Inspector, for reminding me."
"I gave you a reminder?" Inspector Megure was a little confused. He thought about it and didn't realize that he had said anything special. So he asked, "What reminder?"
Yuya pointed to the scattered books on the ground and said, "These are the books."
"Book?" A huge question mark suddenly appeared above Inspector Megure's head.
Yuya looked around and said to Takagi Wataru, "Officer Takagi, please push that cart over here."
Takagi Shigeru immediately obeyed and pushed the car over.
Inspector Megure lowered his eyes and said: Are you my subordinate or brother Kamiya's subordinate?
“Then stack some more books on top of these.”
Although Takagi Shigeru was a little confused, he still did as he was told.
After folding the books, Takagi Wataru looked at Yuya: "And then?"
Yuya said: "Then sit on the book...be careful not to fall down."
"Oh..." Takagi Shigeru sat on it obediently.
Everyone around was confused when they saw this scene. Inspector Megure couldn't help but ask, "Brother Kamiya, what are you doing?"
"Restore the scene." Youya replied casually, then bent down to pick up some books on the ground. After closing the door, he placed the books on the ground one by one, while tilting the books slightly, leaving some gaps and not completely close together.
Yuya wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and said, "Inspector, this is what the study looked like before the butler and the others opened the door."
Inspector Megure looked at Takagi Wataru sitting on the pile of books, then looked at the row of books that extended from the door to the wheels of the cart, and vaguely felt that he had guessed something.
"Next, we just have to wait for someone to come and open the door..." Youya said, pulling the door open with force.
As the door was pushed, the books that originally had some gaps between them immediately moved together and turned into a long arm that pushed the wheels of the cart.
The stacked books were not stable enough and began to shake when they were pushed. Takagi Wataru, who was sitting on them, naturally lost his balance. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and jumped down immediately to avoid falling.
"This, this is!" Inspector Megure stared at the scene with wide eyes.
Yuya said: "That's right, at that time, Mr. Ao Ping was sitting on a pile of books just like Officer Takagi, but the difference between the two was that Officer Takagi had the opportunity to jump down, but Mr. Ao Ping..."
"He had a rope around his neck, and when he lost his balance and fell off the pile of books, he was naturally suspended in the air."
“That’s what we saw at the time.”